Sonia Scurfield

Sonia Scurfield

Sonia Scurfield, B.A was a co-owner of the Calgary Flames hockey team from 1985 to 1994 [ [http://flames.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NHLPage&bcid=his_team_history Calgary Flames - Team - Calgary Flames History ] ] . She became only the second woman [ [http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071220094632AArOwoB There are eight women with their named engraved on the Stanley Cup. Who are they? - Yahoo! Answers ] ] to have her name engraved on the Stanley Cup when the Calgary Flames won the National Hockey League championship in 1989. She remains the only Canadian woman to have her name etched on Lord Stanley's Cup.

Biography

Sonia Scurfield was born in Hafford, Saskatchewan, on September 19, 1928, the youngest of four children to her Ukrainian/Russian immigrant parents, John Onishenko and Motia (Stupka) Onishenko. Sonia was educated in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and then attended the University of Saskatchewan, graduating in 1949 with a Bachelor of Arts as a lab technician. Afterwards she completed one year at the University of Manitoba where she earned a Bachelor of Social Work. She worked in the Department of Social Welfare in Regina from 1949-51, and for Edmonton City Welfare Department from 1952-55. She married Ralph T. Scurfield, on July 24, 1954, in Edmonton, Alberta. Together they raised seven children in Calgary, Alberta.

*This photo, shown on the Legends of Hockey: Harley Hotchkiss web page, is a photograph taken on the night of the Stanley Cup win against the Montreal Canadiens on May 25, 1989. This photograph shows the six original owners of the Calgary Flames posing with the Stanley Cup while on the team flight home from Montreal to Calgary.

References

* [http://www.legendsofhockey.net/graphinduct/ind06HotchkissBio02.jpgPhoto of Sonia Scurfield with the Stanley Cup]
* [http://www.legendsofhockey.net/html/silver_stFFFs.htm Stanley Cup Engraving Facts]
* [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0001174 Canadian Encyclopaedia: Calgary Flames]

Footnotes

* [http://flames.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NHLPage&bcid=his_team_history 1. Calgary Flames Team History]

* [http://books.google.ca/books?id=0jV_tdolWAcC&pg=PA82&lpg=PA82&dq=%22sonia+scurfield%22+calgary+flames&source=web&ots=IbwPV8vxsX&sig=QI53JjAIbXyAMWSKOCwUEH8K2xE&hl=en 2. The Ultimate Canadian Sports Trivia Book by Edward Zawadzki, page 82]

* [http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071220094632AArOwoB 2. Yahoo Answers]


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